The Vine Villages - December 2014 & January 2015 - Issue 16

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December Christmas menu and Christmas Day menu now available Throughout January & February

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EATON BRAY

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■ Beautiful village location with ample parking

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■ Jazz on the first Sunday of every month 4-7pm

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■ Warm and cosy restaurant and bar with character fireplaces

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Beautiful ■■ Warm and village cosy location with restaurant andample parking bar with character fireplaces

■ Jazz on the first

■ Warm and cosy restaurant and bar with character fireplaces

December Christmas menu and Christmas Day menu now available

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■ Warm and cosy

restaurant and EATON BRAY bar with character fireplaces

on the first ■■ Jazz Children’s play area Sunday of every month 4-7pm

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December menu www.thewhitehorseeatonbray.co.uk and Christmas Day menu Market Square, Eaton Bray, LU6 2DG now available Tel: 01525 220 231

extensive wine list, friendly service and a great atmosphere on your doorstep

December Christmas menu and Christmas Day menu now available

extensive wine list, friendly service and a great atmosphere on your doorstep

December Christmas menu and Christmas Day menu now available

extensive wine list, friendly service and a great atmosphere on your doorstep

See website for our latest offers... www.thewhitehorseeatonbray.co.uk

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■■ Beautiful Warm and cosy YEARS EVE village NEW location with ample restaurant and parking SUNDAY We absolutely love our New Years Eve bar with character See website for our latest offers... fireplaces parties, you can’t beat the atmosphere. www.thewhitehorseeatonbray.co.uk Market Square, Eaton Bray, LU6 2DG

We would love you to join us this year to 220 231 Tel: 01525

■ Jazz on the first celebrate and welcome 2015!!

Sunday of every month 4-7pm

Canape Reception

■ Beautiful village Delicious hot fork buffet will be served location with ample from 8.30pm – 9.00pm parking

Selection of savoury bites and nibbles will provided for each table Bubbly for toasts at midnight DJ Entertainment Your own reserved table £35.00 Per Person

Full ticket price must be paid for in advance Teenagers may attend but must be accompanied by an adult

25TH JANUARY, 3.00PM

Delicious Four Course Meal Scottish Smoked Salmon, Game Pate, Boarder Herd Beef, Langoustines and Cranachan....

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Market Square, Eaton Bray, LU6 2DG £35.00 per person Tel: 01525 220 231 Please book your table for this event, tables go quickly.

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This Month...

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6 Local Christmas Attractions 8 Town At Athe Crossroads 10 Don’t Pick A Turkey 14 Looking Up! 16 What’s Best For You 18 Consumer Clinic 20 At Home 22 In The Garden 24 Auto-biographies 28 Crafty Kids 30 Happy New Year 36 Technology 40 Puzzles 42 Out & About 44 Copy deadline for our next issue - 15th January

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irror, Mirror in my hand, who is the fairest in the land?

This festive season, Totternhoe Players celebrates their 25th birthday by bringing you the story of Snow White! In true panto style, there will be glittering costumes and side splitting comedy!

As the Evil Queen prepares the castle and her plans to marry the Prince, she is fearful of Snow White’s beauty and keeps her cleaning the floors in her ragged old clothes. However, when Prince Charming and Snow White realise that love is an open door, with a little help from Algernon, Dame Daisy and of course

the D.W.A.R.F.S. they set to change her wicked plans. Are they are a match for the Evil Queen’s dark magic and Naughty Gnomelet? Will good conquer evil? Who is the fairest in the land? There’s only one way to find out!!

The story is unveiled at Totternhoe Lower school on Friday 6th February 2015 at 7.30 pm and on Saturday 7th February at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm. If you think you can help the D.W.A.R.F.S. save Snow White then the tickets are only £7 for adults, £5 for children and concessions or £20 for a family group of 4! Heigh-ho Heigh-ho, it’s off to Totternhoe you go!

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Priory House Gift Shop Akeman Street Tring Hertfordshire HP23 6AP

The Natural History Museum at Tring was built in 1889 to house the incredible zoological collections of Walter Rothschild.

Come and discover animal specimens from around the world, from tiny beetles to enormous bears.

Explore exhibitions and events at www.nhm.ac.uk/tring.

Animal Calendar Thursday 11th December 30-minute craft workshops at 11.00 and 14.00 Messy play especially for under fives.

Tickets £1.50

Christmas Holiday Challenge 20th December to 4th January Search the galleries for the lost polar bears on this trail.

Free

Polar Bear Craft Monday 29th and Tuesday 30th December 30-minute workshops at 10.15, 10.45, 11.15, 14.30 and 15.00 Suitable for all ages.

Tickets £1.50

Potato Print Penguins Thursday 8th January 30-minute craft workshops at 11.00 and 14.00 Messy play especially for under fives.

Tickets £1.50

For Infomation Tel: 020 7942 6171 12 8

Want to support your local economy? The Priory House Gift Shop is the local spot for local products made by local people. We stock a wide variety of handmade items including woodwork, pottery, photographs and paintings. We also have a selection of locally produced honey, preserves and chutneys.

Our large selection of glass tree ornaments and wide variety of unusual Christmas items mean you are sure to find something you will not find anywhere else in Dunstable which will brighten your festive season or somebody else’s.

If you are looking for a gift for that hard to buy for person, why not treat them to some Dunstable Tea. The Dunstable Tea range is exclusive to Priory House and consists of over 20 different blends and infusions all named for the history and heritage of Dunstable. Available in loose leaf and tea bags, Dunstable Tea makes the ideal gift.

Here at Priory House we are also launching a range of beautifully presented Gift Hampers. Our hampers will include Dunstable Tea, homemade Christmas pudding and cake, local honey and Priory Pantry chutneys and jams. Ideal for the person who has everything or one of our smaller hampers will make an ideal thank you gift. Prices start at £12.50.

Park for Free, Shop for Fun! To help you with your pre-Christmas purchases the Dunstable Joint Committee has funded THREE FREE PARKING DAYS in the lead up to the big day!

The Free Parking will take place in selected town centre car parks on Saturday 6th & 13th December The car parks included in the scheme are: Ashton Square (Wilkinson) St Mary’s Gate ( West Street ) Church Street Matthew Street (Eleanor’s Cross) Car parks not mentioned are NOT included in the scheme and charges will still apply.

Discover Ashridge Discover this area of outstanding natural beauty right on our doorstep.

There’s lots to do and see this Christmas!

Visitor Centre, Moneybury Hill, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire HP4 1LT · Ashridge Christmas Trail - Join us at the Ashridge

Visitor Centre for our Christmas Trail around Meadley’s Meadow. Learn more about how the wildlife spends Christmas, answer the questions along the way and earn your Christmassy reward!

Daily from Nov 15th to Dec 31st 10am to 3.30pm £1 per child. No booking needed

· Ashridge Christmas Fair – Come to the visitor

centre and join the seasonal celebrations at our annual Christmas fair. Find some unusual presents and foodstuffs, including original local gifts and products. Free entry Sunday Dec 7th 10am to 3.30pm

· Visit Father Christmas at Ashridge. Each

45 minute session includes a visit with Father Christmas, a Christmas craft making session and a present!

Sat Dec 13th, Sun Dec 14th, Sat Dec 20th & Sun Dec 21st. Hourly slots 10am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm & 3pm each day.

Booking essential on 01442851227 £6 per child and £2.50 per adult (2 adults per child only)

· Ashridge Post-Christmas Walk - Enjoy a scenic

post-Christmas walk through the Estate at this magical time of year. There will be mulled wine and mince pies afterwards.

Sat Dec 27th 10am to 12 noon £7 per adult & £6 per child Booking essential on 01442851227 £6 per child and £2.50 per adult (2 adults per child only) More Information: Ashridge Estate Visitor Centre, 01442 851227, ashridge@nationaltrust.org.uk

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The Town At The Crossroads - Part XVI

lizabeth inherited a confused and demoralised kingdom but at the end of her reign 45 years later, England had once again become the dominant European power. But it had not been an easy road: religious bitterness continued to erupt and theological dispute ranged back and forth relentlessly. However, Elizabeth was a stated Protestant (therby earning Rome’s excommunication of the Church of England) and she was determined that England should remain Protestant; especially following Queen Mary’s strenuous, and barbaric return to catholicism and to Rome.

But she (Elizabeth) realised that many people were still devoted to Catholic teachings and that there was no point in deliberately setting out to destroy them.

Consequently, she introduced a modicom of leniency towards Catholics in that they were allowed to follow their own private devotions. But they had a price to pay for their digression from the established religion in that everyone was expected to attend church; and if they didn’t have a good excuse for not doing so, they were fined heavily.

Also Catholic services were banned and serious punishment meted out for breaking this law. There were, however, still people who chose to run the gauntlet of discovery and who hid a priest in some secret corner of their house if the “religious police” came a-calling; ie the infamous “priest holes” still found in some older country homes.

Even though Catholics had a tough time, it would have been much tougher had hard line

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Protestants had their way. It is ironic that during Edward’s reign, examples of catholicism were routinely smashed; only to be resurrected during Mary’s reign; and then followed, yet again, by gangs of marauding Protestants on the Catholic warpath once more - Northern Ireland, here we come. Such conflicting madness in the name of an all forgiving God beggars comprehension.

For much of her reign, Elizabeth had to walk this terrible tightrope. But this she did with remakable skill, intelligence and an iron will so that, gradually, protestantism gained the upper hand and, at her death in 1603, England was undeniably Protestant (but with an unhappy Catholic minority).

For many years, she was urged to marry - both for political and/ or dynastic reasons - but she resisted all such implorings saying that she was married to England and would remain a Virgin Queen. There is, however, much scurrilous debate surrounding the security of her virginity!!

England’s great political rival, Spain, was aided and abetted by Scotland where there was a rival to Elizabeth’s throne in the form of her Catholic cousin Mary, Queen of Scots (brought up in France!). Numerous Catholic plots were hatched - but nipped in the bud - and Mary later embarked upon a disastrous marriage resulting in her having to escape into Elizabeth’s tender mercy. What irony!

Elizabeth was extremely wary and Mary was imprisoned in the Tower and later - after much soul searching and remorse - executed in 1587. This event stifled

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further attempts by Catholics to force England’s return to Rome.

But not for long: the religious pot was never far off the boil.

(At this point, it is easy to become confused over which Queen Mary is which: Mary, Queen of Scots was Elizabeth’s cousin whereas Queen Mary was her half sister and the daughter of Henry 8th and Catherine of Aragon and who, like Elizabeth, was of direct Tudor descent. So the crown passed from Henry to Edward to Mary to Elizabeth; with Mary, Queen of Scots not of this line).

Perhaps Elizabeth is best remembered for the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 when the Spanish King Philip 2nd formerly married to Queen Mary - decided to launch a massive naval attack against Dutch and English Protestants in order to force a return to catholicism. But the cumbersome Spanish galleons wallowing in the heavy seas were no match for the smaller, lighter English men-o-war and fireships. The remnant Spanish were forced to retreat around the western coasts of Ireland and Scotland resulting in many further wrecks such that from an original 130 ships, only 67 limped home. So much for the indomitable Spanish Armada!

The defeat of Spain’s supposedly invincible navy by sea captains such as Sir Francis Drake and John Hawkins made England top dog in Europe once more; a position she held for many years. Consequently, Elizabeth’s reign is often referred to as “The Golden Age” during which England underwent a long period of unparalleled prosperity and discovery.

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The Town At The Crossroads - Part XVI As a child, in and out of favour, Elizabeth spent much of her time at Hatfield House and Ashridge when not welcome at Court; and she regarded Hatfield as her “emotional home” during the reigns of both Edward and Mary. But later, as monarch, she felt obliged to travel the country in order to see and to be seen. In these travels, she chose not to stay at inns but at the private houses of her more affluent subjects. What is more, she expected that no expense should be spared; nothing but the very best was to be the order of the day. Since her entourage could easily exceed a hundred, a visit from Elizabeth could cost an arm and a leg. And, to make things even worse, she also expected some form of lavish gift - in return for which she might bestow a knighthood or peerage.

Although she journeyed through, and visited Dunstable on a few occasions as Queen, she never actually stayed in the town. But, even so, a procession such as that accompanying the monarch was a very exciting spectacle indeed. The party, in all its pomp and glory, would stop at the town boundary (by Half Moon Lane) and be welcomed by town dignitaries and offered gifts in the hope of something in return - not always forthcoming in Elizabeth’s case! The procession would then parade through the town under a guard of honour accompanied by countless jugglers, musicians, itinerant entertainers (and beggars and pick pockets) each hoping to gain a few pennies.

Elizabeth visited Toddington Manor twice and Woburn Abbey once, each time causing total panic and disruption. Henry Cheney at Toddington had a brand new stately home purposely built (but not completed) for her first visit in 1563 - and for which he was knighted. After the building had been finished, her second visit in 1576 earned him a peerage. Who says that buying peerages is something new?!

The visit to Woburn came at very short notice indeed and John Russell, the 1st Earl of Bedford, had to move very quickly in order to get the Abbey into a state fit for royalty. Household decorations and equipment were rushed from London and the landed gentry of Beds, Bucks and Herts dragooned into helping out. It was all hands to the pumps yet, miraculously, the Queen expressed delight with her accommodation!

But towards the end of her life - and the end of the Tudor dynasty - when it was obvious that she was dying (of pneumonia - but also of lead poisoning because of the horrible white stuff she smeared all over her face), she refused to name

her successor. This set the religious pot boiling once again and, eventually, James 6th of Scotland was invited to become James 1st of England and to unite the thrones of England and Scotland.

James, son of Mary, Queen of Scots (a devout Catholic) was, in complete contrast, a radical Protestant who brought in harsh anti-Catholic laws much to the dismay of those who had hoped that their particular blue skies were just around the corner. As a result, the earlier, dark days returned and ultimately led to the sorry story of the Gunpowder Plot when militant Catholics were foiled in their attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament.

Will religious bigotry never end?

Ashridge

Woburn Abbey

Toddington Manor as it was in the 1960’s.

Image courtesy of Tom Shepherd and Toddington Village - Community Facebook group.

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First take the time to buy your meat from a source you trust. You might prefer a trusted butcher, farm shop or mail order company.

Knowing how your meat has been reared and where it came from can help you determine the likely quality of the meat. Usually higher quality comes from younger animals that are subject to greater welfare standards. Of course prices will also reflect this so batteryreared birds will be much cheaper than those which have been subject to a mainly organic diet and free-roaming.

Look for birds with unblemished skin, and if buying fresh check whether they will be dressed or whether you will need to do additional preparation.

Consider carefully the size of the bird you require. General recommendations allow around half a pound or 225 g per person for boneless meat and three quarters of a pound or 340g per person for meat with a bone in. Of course appetites vary and you may want to buy larger deliberately, in order to have enough for leftovers.

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Bedfordshire’s Night Sky Looking Up!

December 2014 & January 2015 See The Christmas Star In The East:

Look out towards the eastern horizon mid-evening this Christmas and you’ll see what looks like a bright star in the sky. At first glance it is indeed a star with royal beauty bright. Yet this is no star at all, but the largest planet in our solar system – the planet Jupiter. 10x50 binoculars are all you’ll need to resolve this bright beacon into a planetary disc.

In a telescope we get a high-impact view with Jupiter’s alternating dark bands and light zones stealing the show.

Enjoy December’s Shooting Stars:

Bedfordshire sky watchers with a clear view towards their east are in for a real treat on Sunday December 14th. Between 8pm to midnight the Geminids meteor shower is forecast to hit its peak in activity. Expect to see upwards of 100 shooting stars per hour lighting up

By Seb Jay Image by Dave Eagle

the sky, all radiating from the constellation of Gemini.

Discover The Orion Nebula (Pic left):

Throughout early winter Orion hangs in the sky towards the south-east. It is easy to find with its three bright stars making up Orion’s Belt. Below the belt on the left-hand side is a fainter line of stars dropping down towards the horizon.

This is Orion’s Sword. Embedded within the sword is the Orion Nebula – a spectacular stellar nursery where new stars are being born. The nebula can be seen in binoculars on a moonless night from the Chilterns, and is breathtaking in a telescope. seb@darkskytelescopehire.co.uk Dark Sky Telescope Hire www.darkskytelescopehire.co.uk

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Consumer Clinic

By Jonathan Vernon-Smith

Claiming Compensation & Out Of Pocket Expenses I HATE compensation!

There, I said it! I hate it! In fact, I have made it my mission during the last 13 years that I’ve been presenting a consumer show on the radio, to put people off making such claims. If this shocks you then please read this article through to the end and you may understand my thinking.

You can listen to The JVS Show every weekday morning from 9am on BBC Three Counties Radio

To me, compensation in its real sense is when people look for a financial payment even though they have not suffered financially.

For example: you buy a sandwich from the supermarket, get home and find a plaster in it. Most of us would simply take the sandwich back and expect not only a heartfelt apology for the mistake, but also a replacement sandwich.

There are however, an increasing number of people who would also want the supermarket to PAY them an amount of money for ‘emotional stress’. What a load of old greedy codswallop!

Why am I so against compensation? Well, it’s really very easy, it ends up costing everyone else money. Every time someone receives a compensation pay-out, somebody else has to pay for it normally other customers. It’s not free money! If a company has to pay £2 million pounds a year in compensation claims, then it will charge its other customers £2 million pounds to recoup the costs.

Sadly, loads of people are after it now. I get lots of calls every week from people saying ‘can JVS help me get compensation out of such and such’? Thankfully my team know my feelings and these callers rarely get on air.

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You only have to observe the increase in the ‘no win no fee’ solicitors and those ghastly adverts that start with ‘Have YOU had an accident?’, to see what a thriving business claiming compensation is. Sadly, I think it will only get worse and before you know it, everyone will be suing everyone else for each simple mistake made in life. Incidentally, many of the ‘no win no fee’ solicitors charge an absolute fortune for the service they have provided you with in the event of a successful claim.

You should always read the small print and understand exactly what you’re getting involved in before you sign a contract with them.

A successful pay-out of £1000 doesn’t seem so good when the solicitor takes £800 and you find you’re liable for other charges.

So what SHOULD you claim for?

Out of pocket expenses are, in my opinion, totally justifiable. But what’s the difference between out of pocket expenses and compensation? It’s very simple - when a company makes a mistake which has a detrimental effect on you financially, I think it’s reasonable for them to pay for this. For example if you have to pay £20 for phone calls to a company to deal with a problem they have caused you, it is in my opinion totally reasonable to ask the company to

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If I was having a new boiler installed and the plumber dropped a spanner on my tiled kitchen floor, then I would expect him to pay for the cost of replacing the tiles.

To me this is obvious and utterly understandable. Most importantly a judge would probably feel the same if it went as far as court.

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Blue; calm and tranquil. But aside from just changing your mood, you can also use colour to draw attention to, or away from certain areas of a room or accentuate a feature. It’s a trick interior designers have been using for years and with a

To make a small room seem bigger If you want to make a small space look larger the obvious recommendation is to paint it in a light, bright, colour. This reason this works is because your eye isn’t drawn to anything in particular and the colour is light reflective. This helps to make the space feel more spacious and airy, and distributes the natural light well.

Painting all surfaces the same colour also has the effect of space. Try using a darker colour on the floor and keeping the walls light.

Keeping It Real little understanding of how colour works, you can too!

To make a floor space appear larger

A way to make your floor space appear larger is to paint your skirting in a dark colour to match a flooring. This gives the l ive in a house that is divided. My husband the heightillusion and width of your and take tape of the floorspace travelling up athe walls loves real Christmas trees but in recent years measure with you to check your tree. Most are so tricks your eye into thinking it’s a bigger I’ve talked him around to the artificial optrimmed to an 80% taper, which means that a 10 space than it really is.

A way to do this tion, believing – incorrectly as it turns out – that a foot tall tree will measure 8 feet at the bottom. with walls to make appear taller is reusable tree is better for the planet than one that You should also consider how them you plan on decois chopped down and discarded after a few weeks. rating your The three maincolour speciesup – spruce, to tree. continue the wall onto the Most artificial trees are made from PVC – one of fir and pine – all have their own characteristics. coving.

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the most non-renewable, polluting, unrecyclable materials around - and consequently their carbon footprint is ten times greater than that of real ones.

Shocked into realising that my fake tree is not the morally correct choice I thought, I’m now keen to join the six million Brits who opt for a real tree at Christmas.

Christmas trees spring up all over the place from late November and the quality varies greatly. Before you make your choice, do a bit of fact finding about its freshness. Ask where it was grown (UK produced trees are likely to be fresher), how long it has been in stock and when it was cut.

You can carry out a couple of tests yourself. Give the tree a firm tap on the ground or run a closed hand over its branches. If lots of needles fall off, chances are it’s not that fresh. You can also try bending the outer branches. They should be pliable - not brittle and dry – without discoloration.

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Spruces and firs have short needles whilst a pine’s are long. Help Pine branches tend to bend, making a long narrow room look wider them unsuitable for heavier ornaments. Firs have You can make a long narrow room lush branches and ornaments sometimes get lostapin them. pear wider by painting the end wall in an The traditional Britishcolour.

Christmas tree, theof Norway advancing Examples advancing spruce, iscolours attractive but tends to drop its needles.maare reds, oranges, yellows, An alternative a “non-drop” variety roonsisand pinks. They helplike to the bring your popular Nordmann fir, which will last longer but is eye to the colour, which gives a widening more expensive. effect thecut restoffofhalf thean room.

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In The Garden For me, winter is all about window gardening. That is, enjoying the garden from the window with a cup of soup in your hands There might not be much natural colour in the garden this time of year, but that is not to say there isn’t any, you just have to look harder, or differently.

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ick the window that overlooks your garden best and heat up the soup. (Hopefully, you thought things through when planting earlier in the year and positioned plants with winter interest within your window’s view.) If you got it right, you will now be admiring the bare bones and structural beauty of your plot.

Perhaps the drama of red-stemmed dogwood and yellow-stemmed willow, both classic shrubs for winter colour, and – if your garden is big enough – specimen trees with fabulous bark, such as a shiny cherry (Prunus serrula) or a fabulous peeling Acer griseum.

Stick a dark green, well clipped, evergreen hedge behind any of the above and you have highlighted everything beautifully.

Berries are a must, from trees such as rowan, through to shrubs like holly and Cotoneaster, Skimmia and Gaultheria. For a more unusual twist, try the rather surreal-purple berries of Callicarpa. They are always a talking point.

posts in strategic positions – I like dark blue as a counterpoint to evergreens, but red is a cheerful winter alternative with Japanese overtones.

Don’t overlook mirrors, to double the impact of what colour you have, and lights to inject brightness into dark corners, or highlight shrub and tree structure. Whilst of the subject of highlighting, one of my favourite colour combinations occurs around sunrise and sunset, when you can sometimes see the dark, bare branches of a tree silhouetted dramatically against a darkening but still pale blue sky, or one streaked with early rosy pink.

You see, there is plenty of colour to be found, it is just as I said at the beginning, you just have to look harder or differently for it.

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Flowers, meanwhile are thin on the ground at this time of year, if you will excuse the pun.

Snowdrops, pansies, crocus and hellbores can nevertheless be welcome splashes of colour through the window pane.

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DUNSTABLE LADIES CHOIR Ladies - new members are welcome to join our choir. If you enjoy singing why not come to a Tuesday evening rehearsal from 7.30-9.30pm at Houghton Regis Baptist Church, Hammersmith Gardens LU5 5RG and give us a try. No audition necessary. We also have a lively social life including meals out, get-togethers and trips to concerts and shows.

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